- General information
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Composition date:
1992 - 1993
- Duration: 19 mn
- Publisher: Salabert, Paris
- Commission: commande d’état pour l’Orchestre de Paris
- Dedication: à Daniel Barenboïm et Alain Prost
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Composition date:
1992 - 1993
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Triple wind orchestra (or larger)]
Detailed formation
- 4 flutes (also 4 piccolos), 4 oboes (also English horn), 4 clarinets (also contrabass clarinet), soprano saxophone (also sopranino saxophone, baritone saxophone), 4 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, 5 percussionists, piano (also celesta), 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
29 September 1993
Location:Paris, Salle Pleyel
Performers:l'Orchestre de Paris, direction : Michel Tabachnik.
Observations
d'après Années-lumière, poème tiré du recueil L’attente… L’absolu, éditions d’Ecarts, Paris, 2004
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